Responsa for Chullin 61:53
צריכא דאי אשמועינן התם משום דקא מיכוין לשום חתיכה בעולם אבל הכא דלא קא מיכוין אימא לא
surely you will permit her that which entails only the penalty of death at the hands of Heaven!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This being the penalty for eating terumah in an unclean state. Death at the hands of Heaven is less severe than Kareth, for the latter is a punishment to the offender and to his seed as well, whereas the former only affects the offender himself. ihkuj');"><sup>15</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. I have heard that you permit a woman to attend the bath-house for further lavation, after her required immersion in a ritual bath.
A. I can find no reason for prohibiting such practice. For the original prohibition against washing in ordinary water after immersion in a ritual bath, was directed only against persons preparing themselves for sacred duties; while a woman prepares herself for a secular purpose. My teacher R. Isaak of Vienna, was wont to prohibit such practice; nevertheless, when I once presented my point of view discussing the matter at length in his presence, he did not contradict me. I also heard from young men from Mantua, that when he (?) inquired about the matter from Rabbi Isaiah of Burgundy [of Trani], the latter also permitted the practice.
SOURCES: P. 289; Am. II, 55; cf. Mord. Sheb. 750.
A. I can find no reason for prohibiting such practice. For the original prohibition against washing in ordinary water after immersion in a ritual bath, was directed only against persons preparing themselves for sacred duties; while a woman prepares herself for a secular purpose. My teacher R. Isaak of Vienna, was wont to prohibit such practice; nevertheless, when I once presented my point of view discussing the matter at length in his presence, he did not contradict me. I also heard from young men from Mantua, that when he (?) inquired about the matter from Rabbi Isaiah of Burgundy [of Trani], the latter also permitted the practice.
SOURCES: P. 289; Am. II, 55; cf. Mord. Sheb. 750.
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